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Periodically-driven or Floquet systems can realize anomalous topological phenomena that do not exist in any equilibrium states of matter, whose classification and characterization require new theoretical ideas that are beyond the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-27 Rui-Xing Zhang , Zhi-Cheng Yang

The bulk-boundary correspondence of the second-order topological insulator (SOTI) has been well established, but a universal transport signature for open systems is still absent. For a variety of SOTIs induced by applying in-plane magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Yuxiong Long^§ , Miaomiao Wei^§ , Fuming Xu , Jian Wang

Exploring novel topological matters with exotic quantum states has always been a core issue in the field of condensed matter physics, which can update the understanding of topological phases and broaden the classification of topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Wei Jia , Yuping Tian , Huanhuan Yang , Xiangru Kong , Zhi-Hao Huang , Wei-Jiang Gong , Jun-Hong An

Topological insulators with unique gapless edge states have revolutionized the understanding of electronic properties in solid materials. These gapless edge states are dictated by the topological invariants associated with the quantization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Xiujuan Zhang , Hai-Xiao Wang , Zhi-Kang Lin , Yuan Tian , Biye Xie , Ming-Hui Lu , Yan-Feng Chen , Jian-Hua Jiang

We propose second-order topological insulators (SOTIs) whose lattice structure has the hexagonal symmetry $C_{6}$ in three and two dimensions. We start with a three-dimensional weak topological insulator constructed on the stacked…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-24 Motohiko Ezawa

Recently, a new class of second-order topological insulators (SOTIs) characterized by an electronic dipole has been theoretically introduced and proposed to host topological corner states. As a novel topological state, it has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 Jiang Zeng , Haiwen Liu , Hua Jiang , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie

Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) are a novel type of topological phases which supports $d$-dimensional topological boundary states in $D$-dimensional systems with $D-d>1$. In this work, we theoretically predict that interlayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-05 Jiang Yao , Linhu Li

In Hermitian topological systems, the bulk-boundary correspondence strictly constraints boundary transport to values determined by the topological properties of the bulk. We demonstrate that this constraint can be lifted in non-Hermitian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-26 Bastian Höckendorf , Andreas Alvermann , Holger Fehske

Periodic driving provides a platform to dynamically tailor quantum states of matter, yet its impact on symmetry-protected topological phases remains incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that periodic driving enables the realization…

Time-periodic external drives have emerged as a powerful tool to artificially create topological phases of matter. Prime examples are Floquet topological insulators (FTIs), where a gapped bulk supports in-gap edge states, protected against…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Oleksandr Balabanov , Henrik Johannesson

The discovery and realization of topological insulators, a phase of matter which hosts metallic boundary states when the $d$-dimension insulating bulk is confined to ($d-1$)-dimensions, led to several potential applications. Recently, it…

We introduce higher order polariton topological insulator (HOTI) realized with fractal array of microcavity pillars arranged into Sierpinski gasket-like geometry. This system exhibiting self similarity in different generations, can support…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-27 Khalil Sabour , Yaroslav V. Kartashov

In two dimensions, intrinsic second-order topological insulators (SOTIs) are characterized by topological corner states that emerge at the intersections of distinct edges with reversed mass signs, enforced by spatial symmetries. Here, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-06-21 Z. J. Chen , S. G. Xu , Z. J. Xie , H. Xu , H. M. Weng

Topological insulators have been extended to higher-order versions that possess topological hinge or corner states in lower dimensions. However, their robustness against disorder is still unclear. Here, we theoretically investigate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Yedi Shen , Zeyu Li , Qian Niu , Zhenhua Qiao

Topological phases characterized by non-Abelian charges have garnered increasing attention recently. Although Floquet (periodic-driving) higher-order topological phases have been explored at the single-particle level, the role of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Yujie Zhou , Changsen Li , Xiumei Wang , Xingping Zhou

We show that anomalous Floquet topological insulators generate intrinsic, non-Hermitian topology on their boundary. As a consequence, removing a boundary hopping from the time-evolution operator stops the propagation of chiral edge modes,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-26 Hui Liu , Ion Cosma Fulga

We report the theoretical discovery and characterization of higher-order Floquet topological phases dynamically generated in a periodically driven system with mirror symmetries. We demonstrate numerically and analytically that these phases…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Martin Rodriguez-Vega , Abhishek Kumar , Babak Seradjeh

Non-Hermitian topological phases have gained immense attention due to their potential to unlock novel features beyond Hermitian bounds. PT-symmetric (Parity Time-reversal symmetric) non-Hermitian models have been studied extensively over…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Chakradhar Rangi , Ka-Ming Tam , Juana Moreno

Topological multipole insulators are a class of higher order topological insulators (HOTI) in which robust fractional corner charges appear due to a quantized electric multipole moment of the bulk. This bulk-corner correspondence has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 S. Franca , J. van den Brink , I. C. Fulga

The emerging field of topology has brought device effects to a new level. Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) go beyond traditional descriptions of bulk-edge correspondence, broadening the understanding of topologically insulating…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-03 Hui Chang Li , Xiang Zhou , Hai Lin Chi , Wen Wen Wang , Yun Shen , Xiao Hua Deng